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Usaf E-8C Joint STARS takes off with new engines

Melbourne, Australia - The certification test program will end in the next Spring

The U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) test bed aircraft took to the air Saturday, powered by new Pratt & Whitney JT-8D-219 engines. This flight marks the start of Northrop Grumman Corporation's E-8C-specific military air worthiness certification test program, which will last into next Spring. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the Joint STARS,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1098077
Rome, Italy, 12/23/2008 19:13
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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